12 Nov
2003
12 Nov
'03
2:31 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
Somewhat like the Xerox Daybreak, which is also very
modular and easy to
easter-egg. On that machine, the 5 main boards (memory/video, memory
expansion, processor, I/O, I/O expansion) have metal brackets with
connectors on the back, each is held in by 2 thumbscrews. There's a
plastic door which you can open and unclip to reveal the PSU and hard
disk, each of which is held in with more thumbscrews. The only module you
need a tool to remove is the fan tray (remove the 2 screws on the cable
clamp assembly, then take off the clamp, pull out the fan tray).
Yes, but in my experience the thumbscrews on the Daybreak are sometimes
murder on your fingers to turn. But yes, the Daybreak and Lisa are
designed similarly in terms of their ability to be stripped down with very
little or no tools.
My worry (as always) is that either the machine will
damage the new PSU,
or the new PSU will be defective and damage the machine...
I see...
Your offer is quite safe (you could make it a Lisa 1
without worrying) --
the chances of me coming to the States are exactly zero. And I don't know
how on earth I'd get something like that back across the Pond without
wrecking it (friends of mine who've taken computers, etc on aeroplanes
have some very nasty stories...)
I only have one bad story to relate but that is Hans' fault :)
--
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